Backes Vanessa, Costa Juvenal Soares Dias da, Bairros Fernanda Souza de, Cafruni Cristina Borges, Olinto Maria Teresa Anselmo
Secretaria Municipal de Educação, Esporte e Lazer, Prefeitura Municipal de São Leopoldo. Av. Dom João Becker, Centro. 93022-250 São Leopoldo RS Brasil.
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos. São Leopoldo RS Brasil.
Cien Saude Colet. 2021 May;26(5):1965-1976. doi: 10.1590/1413-81232021265.15972019.
The scope of this study is to describe the food environment of a medium-sized municipality in southern Brazil and compare the availability of different types of food outlets in neighborhood socioeconomic and demographic environments. An ecological study was carried out in 45 buffers of 400m in São Leopoldo county, RS. The buffer was calculated from the center point of the residences of women participating in a larger research project. All streets were surveyed to identify food stores and record their geographical coordinates, as well as apply the NEMS questionnaire on the availability, price and quality of 108 items. The commercial outlets were classified as supermarkets, grocery stores, fruit stores and convenience stores. Supermarkets and grocery stores were present in higher quantity in lower income buffers and grocery stores were more prevalent in those with higher population tertiles. Another result was a direct relationship between NEMS and tertile income scores for supermarkets, grocery stores and fruit stores, and an indirect relationship for the same stores and population tertile. The availability of healthy food was higher in areas with higher income and lower numbers of inhabitants, indicating the need for better distribution of food stores and availability of varieties of food in the municipality.
本研究的范围是描述巴西南部一个中等规模城市的食物环境，并比较不同类型食品店在邻里社会经济和人口环境中的可及性。在南里奥格兰德州圣 Leopoldo 县的45个400米缓冲区开展了一项生态学研究。缓冲区是根据参与一个更大研究项目的女性居民的住所中心点计算得出的。对所有街道进行了调查，以识别食品店并记录其地理坐标，同时应用 NEMS 问卷对108种商品的可及性、价格和质量进行调查。商业网点被分类为超市、杂货店、水果店和便利店。超市和杂货店在低收入缓冲区数量较多，杂货店在人口三分位数较高的区域更为普遍。另一个结果是，超市、杂货店和水果店的 NEMS 与三分位数收入得分之间存在直接关系，而这些商店与人口三分位数之间存在间接关系。健康食品在收入较高、居民数量较少的地区可及性更高，这表明该市需要更好地分布食品店并提供更多种类的食品。
